Couple of quick gameplay questions.

[Jimbo30]

Has anybody figured out if you need to settle 1 hex away from a natural wonder in order to get it's bonuses? I have settled 2 hexes away and it doesn't seem to be doing anything.

Second question, how to upgrade units? At least, can warriors be upgraded to spearmen, and how is it done?

Cheers.

 

[JWideman]

Don't you get the bonuses by working the tile?

 

[Jimbo30]

Don't you get the bonuses by working the tile?

That's the problem, I can't seem to work the tile. It's good enough that it should be getting worked before a naked hill or some others. The hex is 2 directly below my city.

 

[sovarn]

Try to buy the tile?

 

[gibson1314]

I thought the bonus was from finding the natural wonder not working the tile?

 

[lietkynes]

Second question, how to upgrade units? At least, can warriors be upgraded to spearmen, and how is it done?

Cheers.

To upgrade units, select the unit, make sure it's inisde your borders, there will be an upgrade icon on the left menu.

Warriors don't upgrade to spearmen.

 

[Schuesseled]

Warriors upgrade to swordsmen. (And try and buy that tile)

 

[Jimbo30]

Try to buy the tile?

Ahhh.

Any reason why it wouldn't auto-expand into that one? Compared to the rest of the culture expansion choices it seems a bit odd.

I can buy it btw, at 2.5x cost. I just assume such a rich tile would be higher up the list. Cheers btw

 

[Schuesseled]

Culture shoots for resources first, then whatever it feels your city needs (food/gold/production) and it's also less likely to go for a high cost tile.

 

[Jimbo30]

Culture shoots for resources first, then whatever it feels your city needs (food/gold/production) and it's also less likely to go for a high cost tile.

Looking at it, I think it won't go near non-food hexes unless something drastic happens. I suppose it's fair enough, make the player buy the really good tiles. You can see in my screenshot it's gone for a simple 2 food grassland instead of the natural wonder.

 

[bernlin2000]

I thought the bonus was from finding the natural wonder not working the tile?

Happiness bonus (+1 permanently) for finding it, then it's like 3H 3G for the tiles the natural wonder is on.

 

[Jimbo30]

Is anybody else noticing bottlenecks that suggest the maps are hand drawn?

Just wondering after getting this in my first game. Thats the only way in or out between us, and there is another near the Russian border (thought not just a single hex).